Eastern mosquitofish resists invasion by nonindigenous poeciliids through agonistic behaviors

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1515-1529

  Thompson, Kevin A ^a,b   Hill, Jeffrey E ^b   Nico, Leo G ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive competition; Biotic resistance; Gambusia holbrooki; Mesocosm; Nonindigenous species; Predation; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HOT SPOT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MESOCOSM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; PISCES; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII; XIPHOPHORUS VARIATUS;

EID: 84863403317     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0176-2     Document Type: Article

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